U.S. ready to assist Ukraine in rehabilitation of soldiers from ATO area

Senator Richard Durbin, the Deputy leader of the U.S. Democratic Party, offered the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine the assistance in the field of counseling and psychological rehabilitation of ATO fighters.

According to Durbin, the United States is ready to share its experience in the sphere of psychological rehabilitation of soldiers, who participated in the fighting in the Donbas, Joinfo.ua reports referring to the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

"The U.S. at the time faced the problem of organizing psychological rehabilitation of soldiers who took part in the fighting. So we are ready to share our achievements in this sphere," said Durbin during the meeting with Petro Mekhed, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine.

In turn, Mekhed said that the Ukrainian side highly appreciated the assistance that the U.S. provided Ukraine with "within the complex military and political situation in our country."

The Defense Ministry also reminded that the U.S. Congress approved the allocation of $ 120 million to equip the Ukrainian army this year.